…Hoffa once rounded up the neighbor- hood children near a Teamster complex in Detroit and bought ice cream for them all. He purchased new sports equipment many times for these boys and girls living in a less-than-prosperous section of the city, near Tiger Stadium. Teamster archivists say Jimmy Hoffa wrote a personal check to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights organization for $25,000 during the 1960s. "He was the most progressive person ...…
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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Our Poor State D avid Littmannn, former lead economist at Comerica Bank and one of the foremost economic experts in the United States, came to Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Shabbat night, Jan. 11. After he spoke about Michigan's economic decline, I felt an over- whelming urge to pray for all of us who still live and work in this state. "Is Michigan stuck on stupid? Folks, there comes a time when economic ...…
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…Spirituality Intermarriage Debate Just how big a factor is it with Generation Y? Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency San Francisco I ntermarriage: Disaster for the Jews, not great for the Jews or simply a fact of Jewish life? Ever since the 1990 National Jewish Population Study showed more than half of new Jewish marriages involve a non- Jewish partner, many Jewish communal leaders have latched onto the issue with pitbull tenacity — a...…
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…Arts & Entertainment Waxing Poetic Pho to by Jon Ho lde re r The JN catches up with prolific children's author and former Metro Detroiter Wendy Wax. French film director. the Armadillo, Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah! "I also like the father-and-son story:' and The Big Book of Clues. says Wax, married to photographer Jon Wax's success probably is not a surprise Holderer and the mother of Jonah, 7."I to her family, which is filled with pub- would th...…
…Arts & Entertainment About Next Generation The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra pres- ents its 11th annual Mozart Birthday Bash — a celebration of Mozart's life and music — 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor. Piano prodigy Orion Weiss will perform the chal- lenging Piano Concerto No. 21. Notable for its lyrical second movement, the piece was featured in the film Superman Returns. Weiss, 25, has already estab...…
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